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Data Desk|Canada
Canada’s levels plan holds permanent-resident targets at 380,000 a year for 2026–28 while cutting new temporary-resident arrival targets from 673,650 (2025) to 385,000 (2026) and 370,000 (2027–28), aiming for non-permanent residents under 5% of population by end-2027.
Accountability|Canada
IRCC closed federally managed asylum hotels on 1 October 2025 after ~$1.2 billion in temporary accommodation costs. IHAP transfers and Interim Federal Health Program spending remain the live ledger — with IFHP costs up $306.1 million year-over-year in FY2024–25.
Policy Watch|Canada
With mail ballots flooding Elections Alberta, voters face a remain-or-start-separation choice plus immigration and constitutional questions that read like a western taxpayers’ indictment of Confederation.
Accountability|United States
California’s new immigration-worker privacy law was written after a viral fraud hunter showed up. FIRE warned it chills speech. Shirley’s lawyers say that’s the point.
Accountability|Canada
A sourced accountability ledger — deficit math, Bill C-5 fast-tracks, housing delivery gaps, Brookfield ethics optics, and immigration integrity — measured against what supporters say he fixed.
Economy & Jobs|Canada
StatsCan LFS unemployment near cyclical lows coexists with regional participation gaps and youth underemployment that headline rates hide.
